True or False: The Statue of Liberty has never appeared on a foreign postage stamp?

Who modeled for Statue of Liberty sculptor Frederic Bartholdi?

A. His wife
B. His daughter
C. His mother
D. His landlady

How much does Lady Liberty weigh?

A. 98 tons
B. 185 tons
C. 225 tons
D. 314 tons

True or False: The 10-story pedestal on which the statue stands cost more than the statue itself.

A fund-raising ad in the July 1885 issue of Harper's offered a bronzed 6-inch replica of the Statue of Liberty to subscribers who donated this amount.

A. $1
B. $5
C. $7.50
D. $15

Which of the events listed below occurred before and which occurred after the Statue of Liberty dedication in 1886?

A. P.T. Barnum opened Hippodrome
B. Subway fares were raised to 15 cents
C. Metropolitan Museum of Art opened
D. Lord & Taylor opened for business
E. Brooklyn Bridge was completed
F. "Boss" Tweed and followers arrested and charged with cheating the city out of several million dollars

True or False: The iron skeleton of the statue was designed by Alexander Gustave Eiffel, who designed and built the Eiffel Tower in Paris just six years earlier.

From the base of the pedestal to the top of her torch, the Statue of Liberty stands how tall?

A. 215 feet
B. 294 feet
C. 305 feet
D. 363 feet

Which took longer to build--the Statue of Liberty or the Washington Monument?

Liberty's crown is actually an observation platform as well. How many windows does it have? How many viewers can it accommodate?

True or False: The right forearm, hand and torch of Lady Liberty were seen by mroe than 9 million visitors at the Philadelphia Exposition in 1876, a full decade before the statue was dedicated.

How many "rays" extend from Liberty's crown?

A. 7
B. 10
C. 12
D. 14

In her uplifted right hand, Liberty holds a torch lighted by:

A. electricity
B. oil lamps
C. mercury vapor lamps
D. solar energy

True or False: In an attempt to generate donations, The New York World printed the name of every contributor to its statue fund--even those donating a penny. Eighty percent of the $101,091 raised by the paper was contributed in amounts of less than one dollar.

On the 50th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty's dedication, he said: "Liberty and peace are living things. In every generation--if they are to be maintained--they must be guarded and vitalized anew."